Luis Silva is not a traditional striker in the same way that Yura Movsisyan is. As we’ve seen in recent weeks, that’s not a bad thing: When he starts, RSL tends to have a better passing and possession game in the final third.
In a way, that’s not particularly surprising. Silva is a hybrid player, and he’s been a midfielder, attacking midfield, and forward, all in different varieties and styles. And, sure, he may have been more of a forward in the last year in his non-playing Tigres days, and sure, he was more of a midfielder in college and at Toronto, where he started his MLS career.